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hyrnen

(adj.)
Grammar
hyrnen, adj.
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Made of horn On stefne bémen hyrnenre [Ps. Spl. býman hyrnendre; Ps. Stev. hornes hyrnes; Wick. þe hornene trumpe] voce tubæ corneæ, Ps. Lamb. 97, 6

un-temed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-temed, adj.

Untamed ⬩ wild

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Un-temed hors, Ps. Spl. C. 32, 17

Linked entries: temian un-tamed

weorf

(n.)
Grammar
weorf, es; n.
Entry preview:

Hors mon sceal gyldan mid .xxx. sciłł. . . . wilde weof mid . xii. Sciłł., oxan mid .xxx. p̃, L. O. D. 7; Th. i. 356, 4. Ungewylde weorf, nýten ł hors indomitos subjugales, Hpt. Gl. 458, 1. v. next word

ge-þracen

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Substitute: Strong, hardy, enduring Geþracen hors mannus vel brunnicus (brunicus equus tolutarius, Isidore), Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 22

spere-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
spere-sceaft, es; m.
Entry preview:

The shaft of a spear Hí ongunnon heora hors mid heora sperescæftum ( hastis ) þerscan, Gr. D. 14, 27

wil-gehléþa

(n.)
Grammar
wil-gehléþa, þa, an; m.

A pleasant comrade

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A pleasant comrade Hwílum ic (a horn) tó hilde bonne wilgehléþan, Exon. Th. 395, 9; Rä. 15, 5

ge-þracen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-þracen, part. p.

Prepared ⬩ decked ⬩ ornatus

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Prepared, decked; ornatus Geþracen hors mannus vel brunnicus, Ælfc. Gl. 5; Som. 56, 18; Wrt. Voc. 17, 22

feorh-lege

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-lege, es; m. [lege = leg, lagu law]

Life-law ⬩ fate ⬩ death ⬩ vītæ lex ⬩ fātum ⬩ mors

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Ic on máþma hord mínne bebohte feorhlege I have bought my fate for treasures' hoard, Beo. Th. 5592; B. 2800

Linked entries: fróde -lege

-hád

(suffix)
Grammar
-hád, a suffix forming abstract nouns, e. g. bisceop-, cild-, man-, wer-hid, etc. In the oldest English it is found combined only with nouns, while in the later stages of the language, as in O. Sax. O. Frs. O. H. Ger. words are formed with it from adjectives. An early instance occurs in the Land MS. of the Chronicle 'druncenhed,'
  • 1070
    • ;
  • Erl. 209, 35
. In later English it takes two forms, -hode, -hede; in modern times, -hood, -head.

healf

(adv.)
Grammar
healf, adv.

Half

Entry preview:

Centauri, þæt sindon healf hors, healf menn equites veluti unum corpus equorum et hominum viderentur, S. 44, 1

hnǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
hnǽgan, p. de

To neigh

Entry preview:

Hors hnǽgþ equus hinnit, 22; Som. 24. 9

á-sprengan

(v.)
Grammar
á-sprengan, p. de

To cause to spring away ⬩ send flying

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To cause to spring away,send flying Þá spearn hors tó and ásprencde hine ofer bord, Hml. S. 8, 213

Linked entry: sprengan

ǽfen-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-tíd, e; f.

The eventide ⬩ evening ⬩ vespertina hora

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The eventide, evening; vespertina hora Seó ǽfen-tíd ðæs dæges the eventide of the day, Dial. 1, 10. On ǽfen-tíd at eventide, Cd. 111; Th. 146, 19; Gen. 2424

risoda

(n.)
Entry preview:

rheum Ða yfelan wǽtan on ðam seócum men ðe biþ swá swá horh oððe risoda oððe gillistre, Lchdm. ii. 282, 11. (?)

fore-cnyll

(n.)
Grammar
fore-cnyll, es; m.
Entry preview:

The first signal given by a bell Gewordenum forecnyll þǽre nóntíde facto primo signo hore none, R. Ben. I. 82, 12

Linked entry: cnyll

dæg-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-hwíl, e; f. [dæg day, hwíl time]

Day-time, time of life ⬩ diei hora vel tempus

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Day-time, time of life; diei hora vel tempus Ðæt he dæghwíla gedrogen hæfde, eorþan wynne that he had finished his days, his joy of earth, Beo. Th. 5445; B. 2726

récels

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Genim . . . swefl and récels . . . lege on hátne stán, drinc þurh horn þone réc, Lch. ii. 316, 10: 56, 10. Add

wǽpen-wiga

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen-wiga, an; m.

An armed warrior

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the subject of the riddle is a horn) nú mec þeceþ geong hagostealdmon golde and sylfore, Exon. Th. 395, 1; Rä. 15, 1

tamcian

(v.)
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to tame, render gentle Leóhtlic hwyslung mæg hors tamcyan and león hwelpas gremian lenis sibilus equos mitigat, catulos instigat, Chrd. 96, 18

Linked entry: un-tamlic

on-stígend

(n.)
Grammar
on-stígend, es; m.

One who ascends or mounts

Entry preview:

One who ascends or mounts Hors and onstígend áwearp in sǽ equum et ascensorem projecit in mare, Ps. Surt. ii. 187, 4

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